Security beefed up at Indian School of Mines after threat MMS

Security at the Indian School of Mines University here was strengthened on Saturday following a threat MMS received by the security officer of the ISM.

TNN | Dec 24, 2012, 07.09 AM IST

DHANBAD: Security at the Indian School of Mines University here was strengthened on Saturday following a threat MMS received by the security officer of the ISM. Col M K Singh, registrar of the ISM said, "Security officer Rahul Kumar received an MMS which threatened to blow up the ISM building. The sender of the message, who has not been identified so far, claimed five bombs have been planted at different places in the ISM building and they would be detonated soon. Sender of the SMS also demanded Rs 50 crore from the ISM management." The message was forwarded to Dhanbad police which has started investigating the case. Extra policemen have been deployed on the campus which has its independent security agency.

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